- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1571458700
- ISBN-13: 978-1571458704
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.7 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 538,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Introduction to Dog Behaviour/Psychology,
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This review is from: What Is My Dog Thinking?: The Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behavior (Hardcover)
This book is a good introduction into the world of canine body language. Dogs are great users of body language on a day-to-day basis, and are constantly telling you what they are feeling and what they are doing - if you know what to look for!
You should consider this book if you wish to learn more about your dog, and what it is trying to tell you.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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mediocre,
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This review is from: What Is My Dog Thinking?: The Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behavior (Hardcover)
This is a short review, as it is a short book. "What is My Dog Thinking" is a satisfactory overview of various canine behaviors and their meanings. This overview didn't offer much that I haven't read elsewhere. Also disappointing was its lack of instruction on how to address certain dog "feelings" - for example, if I can interpret that my dog is fearful, what are some basic ways that I can help my dog deal with this fear? That said, for its price and the time it takes to read it and occasionally refer back to it, it probably is a worthwhile purchase for a dog owner or prospective dog owner, even if it is somewhat lacking. However, it would not be my first choice. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A fun and informative book!,
By Judy K. Polhemus "Book Collector" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: What Is My Dog Thinking?: The Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behavior (Hardcover)
"What is my dog thinking?" is a pure delight--both fun and informative! The reader will be so pleased to learn the meaning behind specific dog behaviors.
For example, why does a dog lick its owner's face? Originally, dogs in the wild licked their parents' faces for regurgitated food. Sometimes that was how feeding was done. However, your licking dog is not instinctively asking for a regurgitation: He is simply showing that you are the dominant one in the "pack" of his family. Dogs are very much pack animals and do not like to be left alone. If you come home and he has scattered your personal things around him, he is just seeking your scent for reassurance that he is still part of a pack and that you will return. A dog will acquiesce to your commands because as a pack animal, he is being cared for by the leader. He belongs, feels secure. The reason a dog likes to play fetch is a throw-back to the days dogs sought out and killed prey for food. The toy bone or ball is prey once again, marking the faint echoes of another time and place. There are just so many things to learn about dog behavior both with people and other dogs. Another great aspect of this book is the number of pictures--at least two, sometimes three, that's per page, to demonstrate a behavior. So text and picture work in tandem to provide explanations. This is also a well-made book, which should extend its lifetime. I intend to donate this book to the school library where I work. It will be a great hit with children of all ages. Actually, the 96-page book was probably designed with children in mind. (Warning: There are a couple of pictures showing mounting behaviors. I found them appropriate in explaining behavior children will surely see at some point. Also, the very young will probably find the pictures funny without further ado.) Oh yes, I immediately ordered the companion book, "What is my cat thinking?" 7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Promises much but delivers little,
By L. Carol "carolcecilia, D.V." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: What Is My Dog Thinking?: The Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behavior (Hardcover)
This skimpy little book has a catchy title and full-coloured pictures but does not add much to an observant dog owner what he/she already knows. While the book maybe a quick read to prospective or new owners, I would recommend "Puppies for Dummies" by Sarah Hodgson which gives you the A-Z of raising those cute but oftentimes wilful pups and "The Only Dog Training Book You Will Ever Need: From Avoiding Accidents to Banishing Barking, the Basics For Training a Well-Behaved Dog" by Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz, Andrea Mattei which discusses the highly effective method of clicker training for dogs at length. These books were major life-savers as I was a complete novice when I adopted my 3-month old Pembroke Welsh Corgi a month ago. I picked up insightful and no-nonsense tips off of the "Dummies" series and taught my pup over 10 commands with ease in just days (!) with the aid of a clicker. Betsy Brevitz's "Hound Health Handbook" is also another excellent reference book which offers credible advice from a writer-turned-vet behind the award-winning urbanhound.com site. These books are must-reads for owners who are experiencing problems instilling discipline/obedience in their dogs, not least prospective owners who are contemplating what breed to buy and the pros and cons as well as problems and the how-tos of adopting a dog(s) to complete their lives.
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